Sever
Sever verb - To set or force apart.
Usage example: disapproving parents who were willing to do anything to sever the young lovers
Stick
Stick verb - To hold to something firmly as if by adhesion.
Common collocations
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Stick and Sever. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/sever/stick
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